3 months ago

Senior Lead - Sports Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead the Sports Engineering team to drive computer-aided engineering for high-performance footwear. Combine deep simulation expertise with strategic thinking to develop high-fidelity Finite Element Models of foot, shoe, and surface interactions, create digital twins, and accelerate product-to-market timelines while collaborating with design, development, and materials science to push athletic performance boundaries.

Location: Zurich

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Safeguard consistency, performance, and steady innovation of the company’s bottom unit technologies across the performance product portfolio.
•Lead interdisciplinary engineering efforts to create new concepts and push performance boundaries for running experiences.
•Develop high-fidelity Finite Element Models that simulate the interaction between the foot, footwear, and surface.
•Apply physics-based insights to optimize athletic performance and accelerate product-to-market timelines.
•Provide engineering expertise across the full product lifecycle from ideation to market launch.

Travel: Low travel

Key Requirements

•10+ years of footwear-specific and proven experience with footwear innovation projects.
•Proven experience leading large-scale projects in agile environments.
•Deep expertise running non-linear FEA (explicit/implicit) and creating digital twins.
•Strong understanding of traditional manufacturing processes in high-performance footwear.
•Deep understanding of polymer science and compound mechanics for digital material cards using experimental data.

Experience:FootwearInnovationEngineeringSimulation

Skills:Problem-solvingCommunicationTeam leadership

Languages:English

Tech Stack:RadiossAbaqusHypermeshNXSolidWorksRhinoPythonScriptingMachine learningFinite Element Analysis

Company Brief

On Holding

Designs, manufactures, and sells performance running shoes, apparel, and accessories under the On brand. Combines Swiss engineering and innovation with lifestyle design to serve runners and athletes globally through retail and direct-to-consumer channels.

Industry: Fashion & Apparel

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland

Founded: 2010

Glassdoor: 4.0

Website LinkedIn

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On Holding

3 months ago

Senior Lead - Sports Engineer

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 41 minutes agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Zurich

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Safeguard consistency, performance, and steady innovation of the company’s bottom unit technologies across the performance product portfolio.
•Lead interdisciplinary engineering efforts to create new concepts and push performance boundaries for running experiences.
•Develop high-fidelity Finite Element Models that simulate the interaction between the foot, footwear, and surface.
•Apply physics-based insights to optimize athletic performance and accelerate product-to-market timelines.
•Provide engineering expertise across the full product lifecycle from ideation to market launch.

Travel: Low travel

Key Requirements

•10+ years of footwear-specific and proven experience with footwear innovation projects.
•Proven experience leading large-scale projects in agile environments.
•Deep expertise running non-linear FEA (explicit/implicit) and creating digital twins.
•Strong understanding of traditional manufacturing processes in high-performance footwear.
•Deep understanding of polymer science and compound mechanics for digital material cards using experimental data.

Experience:FootwearInnovationEngineeringSimulation

Skills:Problem-solvingCommunicationTeam leadership

Languages:English

Tech Stack:RadiossAbaqusHypermeshNXSolidWorksRhinoPythonScriptingMachine learningFinite Element Analysis

Company Brief

On Holding

Industry: Fashion & Apparel

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland

Founded: 2010

Glassdoor: 4.0

Website LinkedIn